The problem a lot of people seem to have with The Larry Sanders Show is that they see the label 'sitcom' and expect a sitcom sitcom. Sure, it's got funny moments and it's based around a situation but it's wrong to put it in the same box as Friends and Frasier. It's more about the sleaze, the corruption and the power-plays that go on behind the scenes, many episodes being more bleak and cynical than laugh-out-loud funny, but all the time impressively well-written.